The Canonical Chemical Synapse
Jim Hutchins
Chapter under construction. This is the first draft. If you have questions, or want to help in the writing or editing process, please contact hutchins.jim@gmail.com.
Uptake of Neurotransmitter or Neurotransmitter Precursors
Packaging Neurotransmitter into Vesicles
Vesicular Release
Neurotransmitter Receptors
Reuptake or Enzymatic Inactivation of Neurotransmitter
Media Attributions
- Neuron Communication © Cierra Memphis Barnett is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
- Canonical chemical synapses ionotropic and metabotropic © BioRender adapted by Jim Hutchins is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
- GABA synapse © BioRender adapted by Jim Hutchins is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
- Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter © Jim Hutchins is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
- Neurotransmitter System (action) © Alexa Crookston is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
- Anchoring of the glycine receptor at the synapse © Jim Hutchins is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
- Acetylcholinesterase at the cholinergic synapse © BioRender adapted by Jim Hutchins is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives) license
